Biden administration
President Joe Biden delivers a keynote speech at the United We Stand Summit in the East Room of the White House, Sept. 15, 2022. (Mandel Nagan/AFP via Getty Images)
September 28, 2023, 6:04 pm
Civil Rights Act protections expanded at 8 cabinet departments to include antisemitism
The Biden administration also is launching a listening tour of schools and colleges this fall to hear from Jewish students about hostility on campus.
By Ron Kampeas
The guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze sails in the Mediterranean Sea during a joint military exercise with the Israeli Defense Forces, Jan. 24, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cryton Vandiesal)
August 17, 2023, 7:44 pm
In Israel’s political turmoil, the Biden administration sees threat to US security
“If Israel’s capabilities and its readiness is affected, the United States loses capabilities in the Middle East.”
By Ron Kampeas
Negev Forum participants hold a meeting in Abu Dhabi on January 10, 2022. (Photo courtesy of the UAE Foreign Affairs Ministry, via The Times of Israel)
June 15, 2023, 3:26 pm
House passes bill to create special envoy for Abraham Accords; Summer Lee votes no
Lee was one of only 13 representatives to vote no on this bill
By Jacob Magid
December 21, 2022, 10:00 am
No ‘one size fits all’ in protecting minorities
The attacks on Jews continue, with no end in sight.
Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, delivers remarks during a roundtable about the rise of antisemitism in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, Dec. 7, 2022. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
December 8, 2022, 8:47 am
Biden administration officials meet with Jewish leaders to tackle antisemitism surge
Jewish officials at the meeting were impressed by its comprehensiveness, saying it went beyond the white supremacist threat that the administration has focused on in the past.
By Ron Kampeas
White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre conducts a daily press briefing at the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Feb. 14, 2022. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
May 6, 2022, 4:10 pm
Karine Jean-Pierre, who endorsed AIPAC boycott, to be next White House press secretary
"When it comes down to it, AIPAC's policies are not progressive policies. AIPAC's values are not progressive values," she wrote in 2019.
By Ron Kampeas
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